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> Note that card counting is a "loophole" to this idea, since nothing about the rules of blackjack prevents you from memorizing cards, and thus it is not agains
by to11mtm 3y ago
> Note that card counting is a "loophole" to this idea, since nothing about the rules of blackjack prevents you from memorizing cards, and thus it is not against the rules of the game.
Typically in these cases the house is limited to either ejecting someone they decide is a 'counter' after they win the hand, or applying countermeasures such as having two decks and shuffling one while the other is in play for a hand (and then using the shuffled one for the next hand.)
- Zanni 3y agoI can't remember the last time I saw a single-deck game being dealt. Lowest I've seen (and not recently) is double-deck, dealing about half the cards before shuffling. More common are six or eight deck shoes, dealing anywhere from half to three-quarters of the cards before shuffling. (Most egregious are the continuous-shuffle machines where cards are fed in after every hand.)
- ec109685 3y agoThey have single deck in Vegas but mess with blackjack odds to keep their advantage.
- ec109685 3y ago*payout I mean.
- htag 3y agoAn eight deck shoe being dealt to 3/4 empty would give an advantage to teams signaling over a 2 deck shoe being dealt to 1/2 empty, because it allows for more total hands before being shuffled.
- pclmulqdq 3y agoYou get ejected for card-counting, and arrested for cheating. Pretty simple.
- TheDudeMan 3y agoDo you have any citations for someone being arrested purely for counting cards? In the U.S.? First Google hit: https://www.dlgteam.com/blog/nevada-law/counting-cards-can-lead-arrest-las-vegas/ https://www.dlgteam.com/blog/nevada-law/counting-cards-can-l... Edit: Never mind.
- School-Cotton 3y agoThey didn’t say you got arrested for counting cards.
- TheDudeMan 3y agoOops. You're right. Thanks.
- pclmulqdq 3y agoIt's not cheating, so you won't get arrested for it. If you add an ace to the shoe when the dealer isn't looking (and make off with enough money for them to involve the police), off to jail with you.